Cushion-tire.



H. G. DALTON CUSHION TLRF, APPLICATION FILED JAN, 24, 1912. 1,058,559, Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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oazz whom it may concern: .Be'it lmown thatLI-Lsitonn ,a {citizen I of "the United States, residingat Chester, the county of Delaware an State of Pennsylvania, and useful Improvements of which the followi is' aspecification.-

f The invention relates to L -.particularly to the class of cushion tires. 7

The primary object-of the invention is the provision of a tire, in which the body thereof is rendereXdflpuncture-prooijahd does not require the i increasing the life of the tire ,-yet-possessmg the requisite elasticity or resi hency to absorb shocks incident'to its travel.

vision of a tire of this character which is formed oi composite material, therebyrendering the same 'uncture-proo ,without'deistroying its yie dability, thereby assuring ongevityto the same.

T A further object of the invention is the struction, reliable and efiicient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these. and other objects in view, invention consists in the'construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as wil be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated 'in the accompanying .pointed out in the claim In the drawings: Figure 1 is a--fragmentary side elevation of a the constructed in accordance with the invention. an enlarged vertical view. q Similar reference charactei 's indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring to-thc drawings by numerals, the tire comprises a body 5, preferably constructed from rubber, the outer contour beis formed at its inner periphery with latand outwardly extending clencher 6, so that the said tire may be mountthe rim of a vehicle wheel in the erally flanges ed upon usual manner the flanges 6, being formed s eemmii'or ietters'Pate' t. a

G. Damion,

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d- The body5is have invented new in Cushion-Tires,'

tires, and more Entirelyfilling the chamber ting of the same, thus Another object of the inventionis the pro-- ciently to absor provision of a tire which is simple in contravel thereof.

the

drawings, and hereunto appen' ed.-

Fig. 2 1s transverse sectional ing similar to. the ordinary vehicle tires, and in {1 5 the inner periphery, between with air chan- Patented-Apr. 8,1913.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial no. 673,655. I

. nels which are spaced apart and extend throughout the inner periphery of the tire formed with a central chamberi8, the side walls beingforrned with re versely curved surfaces .9 and 10, respec-' tively, while thefbo'ttom of the chamber is formed with a 'c'oncavedcollar'll, and the top of the said chamber with an'inw'ardly' extending centrally located rib- 12.

8 andcorrespondingly shaped to the sides, top and bottom thereof is a core memb'er'13, preferably constructed from chopped rubber and powdered soapstone, although an other com- .65 posite material may be temp oyed, if d'ev sired.

The rib 12,.whe1i depressed, serves to spread the core 13- laterally, thereby distributing the shocks throughout the center and sides of the tire, yet'permitting it to yield sufli such shocks. Thus, it will be seen that'the-tire will possess strength and the requisite-resiliencyto take up shocks and jars incident. to the same, during the What is claimedis: y

A tire comprising a body having a central annular chambenthe side walls of said chamber being formed with reversely curved portions respectively forming irregular surfaces, while the bottom of'said chamber is formed with a concave hollow providing a channel, the chamber 'being entirely sur-- rounded by the body, avertical rib projecting inwardly from the top of the said chamber in the direction of the hollow in'the bot-' tom of the body andhaving a'ro-unded free edge andacomposite core member having greater elasticity than the body and entirely filling the. said chamber anclembedding the said rib, the said core member being correspondingly shaped with respect to the chamber.

whereof I affix my two witnesses.

HAROLD Gr.

signature DALTON.

In testimony in presence of 

